U.S. Foreign Policy Since World War I
Author Melvyn Leffler talked about his book, Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism: U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security, 1920-2015. He… read more
Author Melvyn Leffler talked about his book, Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism: U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security, 1920-2015. He discussed how and why U.S. foreign policy has evolved over the past 100 years and why democratic capitalism has been -- he argued -- the core value of the American way of life. The Wilson Center and National History Center co-hosted this talk. close
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Philippa Strum Director (Former) Wilson (Woodrow) International Center for Scholars->Division of United States Studies
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